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Wound up for The Windup Girl – The S&L Podcast #029
This week we officially introduce The Windup Girl by Paolo Bacigalupi as our latest Sword and Laser book club pick. We also announce the move of our forums, and kick a little love/hate towards George R. R. Martin.
Quick Burns
HBO greenlights ‘Game of Thrones’ to series (pic)
The Whuffie Bank tries to make Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom real
Tron Legacy’ Director Joseph Kosinski Recommends Seeing The Trailer In 3-D First
Syfy Puts Felicia Day In Her Own Fairy Tale
Read the First Chapter of Seth Grahame-Smith’s Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter
BARE YOUR SWORD – feedback from the audience
George R. R. Martin is A bitch!
Gentleman Broncos
The Real Scifi Book Covers Of Gentlemen Broncos
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Neighborly robots powered by a sun – Ep. 22
Patrick thinks robots will become just regular folks, but their own nation. Stephen thinks we’ll power everything including the robots with a sun. Not solar. A sun. A small one.
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Current Geek 47: "Stardate…EVERYTHING"
“Stardate…EVERYTHING”
Current Geek 46: "Dear Eggshell Diary…"
“Dear Eggshell Diary…”
East Meets West 197 – And the nominees are…
As an experiment, we do some live commentary during the Oscar’s about the nature of movies awards, fashion, and more. Scott Johnson from Film Sack and Nicole Spagnuolo from The Movielicious lend their perspective as well.
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Moving our discussion forums!
Current Geek 45: "Counter it with Weaponized Milk!"
“Counter it with Weaponized Milk!”
It’s war! Or Not! – Ep. 21
Stephen predicts we won’t advance really that far at all in the next 100 years, and we’ll all be at each others throats. Patrick thinks we’ll see the end of major wars. Hippie.
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Current Geek 44: "Go directly to Jail, do not collect 200 cubits"
“Go directly to Jail, do not collect 200 cubits”